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Description: | A small copper alloy face modelled in relief and with a hollow reverse. The object is lozenge shaped and depicts a cherubic male face. It has two rows of multi strand curls forming the hair, with a large central curl in high relief. The eyes are deeply set beneath a relatively prominent brow, and the nose, mouth and chin are all quite small and close together. The cheeks are prominent and rounded, which give the face its cherubic appearance. There is no further decoration beneath the chin, and the hair to the right of the face is slightly damaged by an old break. The reverse of the mount is hollow and it is not immediately apparent how this object may have been attached, or indeed what it may have been attached to. The attachment measures 21.28mm in height, 24.87mm in width, and weighs 5.40g.The date of this attachment is problematic. A near identical example recorded in Suffolk (SF8645) presented similar difficulties, with the suggestion by Sue Margeson and John Davies (Norwich Castle Museum) that it is Roman in date. However, it was also noted that a modern date (eighteenth to twentieth centuries) could not immediately be ruled out.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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